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SIGUCCS '02: Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services
ACM2002 Proceeding
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  • Association for Computing Machinery
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  • United States
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SIGUCCS Fall02: ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference Providence Rhode Island USA November 20 - 23, 2002
ISBN:
978-1-58113-564-0
Published:
20 November 2002
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The Conference Planning Committee and Program Committee are pleased to present the Proceedings of the 30th Annual ACM SIGUCCS Fall Conference, Providence, Rhode Island, November 20-23, 2002. These Proceedings contain an abundance of experiences and ideas from IT service professionals like you who form the heart of our shared profession.Our theme, "Charting Bold Courses: New Worlds in User Services," symbolizes the change the user services world has taken in the past several years. The new User Services environment not only includes the traditional User Services roles, but now also encompasses Instructional Technologists, Media Specialists, Web Designers and Developers, Programmers and System Administrators - everyone providing end-user information technology support in a higher-educational environment. This year's program provides insight into many of these varied realms of information technology support.We wish to thank our authors, panelists, poster presenters, and the individuals on the Program Committee for their hard work and dedication in creating a program that addresses the broad interests of SIGUCCS attendees. We would also like to thank our keynote speakers, tutorial instructors, and session chairs, who help to make this conference successful. We trust that you will find this program enlightening and we hope that it will enable you to further develop your professional skills and share your experiences.

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                  • Rose Hulman Institute Technology

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